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HB1542: relative to burials in cemeteries.

Citation
2008 HB1542
Official source

Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Hearing
01/09/2008 at 02:00 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Health care

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HB 1542-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2061

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1542-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to burials in cemeteries.

SPONSORS: Rep. B. Richardson, Ches 5; Rep. Gile, Merr 10; Rep. Gargasz, Hills 5; Rep. Donovan, Sull 4; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits cemeteries from refusing to bury bodies based on lack of embalming or the type of casket or container in which the body is to be buried.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2061

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to burials in cemeteries.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Cemeteries; Natural Burials. Amend RSA 289 by inserting after section 2 the following new section:

289:2-a Natural Burials. No cemetery shall refuse to bury a body because it is not embalmed or based on the type of casket or container in which the body is to be buried. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2 Embalmers; Exception Added. Amend RSA 325:40-a to read as follows:

325:40-a Deceased Human Bodies Exposed. Except as provided in RSA 289:2-a, no dead human body shall be exposed to the public for a period in excess of 24 hours unless said body is properly embalmed.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.